Imbali ye-Thomas Harris malunga ne-Hannibal Lecteré sele ifihliwe amaxesha amaninzi njengakwi-cinema kunye nomabonwakude oluse-oscar-free hopkins "kunye ne-anthony hopkins kunye ne-jody fopkins. Kunyaka olandelayo, le franchise iya kuhamba kwicala elitsha xa uthotho lweTV "Luphuma kwizikrini. Le tele i-televol izokuxela ngobomi kunye nomsebenzi wearhente ye-clarissa yenkanyezi emva kweziganeko eziboniswe "ekuthi cwaka itakane". Kudliwanondlebe lwakutsha nje ngentatheli ye-Hollywood, uMvelisi oLawulayo we-Clarissa Alex Kurtzman wathi imigangatho elandelayo iya kumka kwimigangatho yeTV yeTV
Ndiya kuthi ukuba asifuni ukuba sibe nothotho lweTV kwi-intanethi. Khange sifune ukuba yi "Drama yenkqubo malunga ne-clariss yenkanyezi." Ngexesha lophuhliso, sakhokelwa yimigaqo eyahlukileyo ngokupheleleyo ... Kwangelo xesha, inkampani yefilimu ye-MMGM, eyasinika ilungelo lokuya eClarissa, lalingenamdla wokukhululwa kwedrama exhaphakileyo yolwaphulo-mthetho.
Iza kuba yintoni ke ukumela "i-clarissa"? Ngokutsho kweKurttsman, abaphulaphuli balinde ibali elinye-elinenkcitho, eya kuthi iguqulwe ibe luthotho lobude ngexesha elinye. Kwangelo xesha, umvelisi wagxininisa ukuba le projekthi iza kusaqulatha ezinye izinto zenkqubo, kodwa isihloko sayo siya kuba ngu "umxholo wengqondo yengqondo". Indima yesihloko kwi-Clarissa iza kudlala i-rebecca bridrs ("i-big", "izidambi ezihle").